“Let’s start at the very beginning.  That’s a very good place to start.” (As sung by Julie Andrews as Maria in “The Sound of Music.”) Unfortunately, Maria, you’re wrong.  The best place to start is at the end. As Stephen Covey wrote in his book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” habit #2 is…

There are three types of thinking which can be employed to solve problems:  Linear Thinking, Process Thinking, and Systems Thinking. We like to think linearly.  It’s the First/Next mindset.  We learn addition first, then subtraction.  When following a recipe, we’re told what to do first, then next.  It’s simple. We like simple. The program is…

Here’s a TedX/Portland presentation.  There is a difference between “schooling” and “education.”  It’s important to know the difference.  

All through the month of June, Edu-Cat-Ion will feature some selected videos on systems thinking.  Einstein is credited with saying that we can’t solve the problems of today with the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.  The thinking we’ve been using to solve problems originated with the scientific method, and that’s…